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Katie Tunks Leach

Adjunct Fellow

Discipline of Nursing

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  • Adjunct Fellow
    Discipline of Nursing
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BIO

Katie is a caring sciences researcher whose focus is on spirituality, empathy, moral injury, and planetary health. In addition to qualifications in emergency nursing and education, her Doctor of Philosophy (Health) explored the role and impact of chaplains on paramedic wellbeing in Australian ambulance services.  
 
Katie has worked in positions including as a Senior Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher. She is now an Adjunct Fellow at UTS, a Clinical Nurse Educator at Yass Hospital (NSW), and a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University. She collaborates with domestic and international researchers from nursing, paramedicine, midwifery, and the Australian Defence Force, and supervises research students in nursing, paramedicine, and spiritual care. 

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Adjunct Fellow
    University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, Sydney, Australia20 Mar 2024 - present
  • Research Fellow
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Sep 2023 - 1 Jan 2025
  • Director, Postgraduate Nursing Studies
    University of Technology Sydney, Health, Sydney, AustraliaApr 2018 - Nov 2018
  • Lecturer
    University of Technology Sydney, Health, Sydney, AustraliaNov 2017 - 1 Feb 2022

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    Australian Catholic University, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Canberra, Australia27 Jan 2025 - present
  • Senior Research Fellow
    Anglican Deaconess Ministries, Sydney, AustraliaJan 2020 - present
  • Casual Academic
    University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaJan 2012 - Nov 2017

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Clinical Nurse Educator/Registered Nurse
    Southern NSW LHD (Yass Hospital), Emergency Department, Australia2 Aug 2024 - present
  • Chaplain
    Ambulance Service of New South Wales, AustraliaApr 2018 - 1 Jun 2024
  • Registered Nurse
    Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia2003 - 2012
  • Primary School Teacher
    British Junior Academy, Brussels, Belgium2001 - 2002
  • Registered Nurse
    Travellers Medical and Vaccination Centre, Sydney, Australia1998 - 2000
  • Registered Nurse
    Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia1997 - 1998

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Health)
    University of Technology Sydney, Australia1 Feb 2019 - 15 Mar 2024
  • Master of Advanced Nursing (Education)
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia30 Nov 2016
  • Graduate Certificate of Clinical Teaching
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia30 Nov 2013
  • Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency)
    The College of Nursing, Sydney, Australia28 Feb 2008
  • Bachelor of Teaching (Primary and Secondary)
    Deakin University, Australia30 Jun 2001
  • Bachelor of Nursing
    University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia1994 - 1997

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic